Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the rights of a homesteader to cut timber on the land entered and the effect of the entry as segregating the land from the public domain, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
In 1903 Messenger made a homestead entry in the Coeur D’Alene Land District. He claimed to have entered in good faith and testified that he lived on the land with his family for some time. While thus in possession he cut 'many of the trees into stulls, which with the cordwood he sold to the Bunker Hill Company. In 1905 he abandoned the land and the Government brought suit against the-Mining Company and recovered judgment for the value, of the-timber in its improved state. 178 Fed.. Rep. 914.
In this court, plaintiff in error claims that the land not being suited for agricultural purposes,…
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